CHI 2006 Student Design Competition
A major challenge that new college students face is the
establishment of healthy habits that will affect their
long-term health. Focusing on this difficult task is
myPyramid: a dining hall service to support the
development of healthy eating habits for busy and
impressionable students. It offers an integrated student
environment that builds basic nutrition and cooking
skills in a fun and social manner while addressing
unique student needs. In the myPyramid dining hall,
students customize and cook meals that are tailored
with the advice and recommendations of an "intelligent
shopping basket". This intelligent basket offers
personalized advice based on the USDA Dietary
Guidelines to ensure proper nutrition based on
students' eating history. By teaching students basic
cooking skills and educating them about how foods
affect their dietary balance, myPyramid empowers
students with knowledge and skills to establish long-
term healthy nutritional habits.
Inspired by Carnegie Mellon's history at the CHI student competition, I created and organized the only team from the mHCI department to enter the competition. I connected the team with our primary advisors (Shelley Evenson, Jodi Forlizzi and Anind Dey) to guide our design process. I led the team through user research consisting of contextual inquiries, student shadowing, and MakeTools sessions. Through concept ideation, we developed a dining hall service that we tested through experience prototyping and user tests.
Out of over 100 submissions, we were one of the 12 teams selected to present during the semi-final round at the CHI 2006 conference.
Role
Project Manager
Lead User Experience Designer/Researcher
Documentation
Final CHI Paper
Final CHI Poster
Inspired by Carnegie Mellon's history at the CHI student competition, I created and organized the only team from the mHCI department to enter the competition. I connected the team with our primary advisors (Shelley Evenson, Jodi Forlizzi and Anind Dey) to guide our design process. I led the team through user research consisting of contextual inquiries, student shadowing, and MakeTools sessions. Through concept ideation, we developed a dining hall service that we tested through experience prototyping and user tests.
Out of over 100 submissions, we were one of the 12 teams selected to present during the semi-final round at the CHI 2006 conference.
Role
Project Manager
Lead User Experience Designer/Researcher
Documentation
Final CHI Paper
Final CHI Poster
